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LATCH 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 30, 1938 IIIV za yem Attorneys Patented July 18, 1939 LATCH William Lange, Rice Lake, Wis.

Application March 30,

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in closure fasteners and more particularly to a latch which can be used for garage doors, closets and various other structures where 5 closures are used.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a fragmentary side elevational view of a closure showing the fastener.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the fastener.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on a line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the fastener element.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the outside of a closure showing the fastener.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on a line 8-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the keeper plate.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the numeral 5 represents the closure, while numerals 6-1 represent portions of the building structure at opposite sides of the door.

Extending through the door 5 is the outwardly flaring opening 8 through which extends the shank 9, this shank 9 projecting laterally from the elongated latch rod ID which at one end is bent outwardly as at H and longitudinally at l2 and inwardly at I3 to connect to itself as at M to form a handle A. The other end of the rod I is bent laterally as at l to form a neck and this terminates in the arrow shaped head IS.

A pair of plates I|-ll are secured to the closure 5 by screws l8 and the intermediate portions of these plates are formed to provide barrels IS in which the rod II] is journaled. As is shown in Figures 1 and 2, the portion 6 of the building structure is provided with the recess 20 over which is disposed the plate 2|, this plate being provided with openings for receiving the securing elements 22 and also with the rectangular shaped opening 23 stamped to provide the tongue 24 1938, Serial No. 199,016

which inclines into the recess 20, and over which the arrow shaped head is engageable as suggested in Figure 8.

To the outside of the closure 5 is secured the plate 25 having the vertically disposed pocket 26 formed therein and this p door by screws 21.

late 25 is secured to the The upper portion of the pocket 26 is notched as at 28 to receive the rod shank 9, this shank 9 being provided with the threaded end portion 29 for engagement into the knob 30.

A plate Si is slidably disposed in the pocket structure 26 and has an opening therein for loosely receiving the rod shan this plate 3| has the upp tensible spring 32 conne k 9. The lower end of er end of the coiled excted thereto while the lower end of the spring 32 is anchored as at 33 to the bottom of thepocket 26. Thus it can be seen that the knob 30 is normally held downwardly and in the notch 28 by the spring 32, thus holding one side of the head It engaged with the lip 24 of the keeper plate 2|. The door 5 may be opened by pushing downwardly on the handle 8 which will disengage the head from the keeper.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific derstood that numerous size and materials may be terms, it is to be unchanges in the shape, resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as claimed hereinafter.

1 Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A door latch comprising a longitudinally arranged rod journaled on one face of a door and having one end portion constructed to engage a keeper and said rod being partially bent on itself to form a substantially rectangular shaped handle, a shank formed on said rod and extending at right angles thereto and through a slot in the door and including a door handle, a slidable plate the pocket to urge the slid to position the shank in the rotation of the rod in one able plate in a direction the notch for limiting direction, said rod being restricted in its rotation in an opposite direction by said spring.

WILLIAM LANGE. 

